Bookies running odds for "There is no AI, it was a BS stunt all along", just another day, nothing to see here

"safer and more effective" from this crowd means "LD50 approaching that of plutonium" (micrograms, people, it's down in the /micrograms/)

that depends on how many nibs you break taking out random assassins who inexplicably drop in from the ceiling

Hell is *seriously* pissed off at the non-stop rush to build enough new, deeper, even more terrible Rings for all these monsters headed their way

Dibs? Are dibs still a thing?

ahh! a lovely green anole. Haven't seen one in decades, since I moved after college

And in case anyone gets IDEAS about the above: these are just motivating examples. Any real implementation would need a LOT of hardening against bad actors. What happens when Facebook fires everyone but the C-suite, and rehires as "contractors"? What about worker vote buying attempts? etc etc

7. Change corporate law to enforce worker direct voting rights equal to 60% of voting weight. Shareholder total voting weight immediately reduced to 40%. Shoot the worker/management divide dead
8. Compulsory profit sharing system

Minority Report: writing hermitage edition

I will now recall that time Carl Sagan wrote about a fictional future pope, an actually good one, which incensed someone so much /they literally nuked him/. I did not appreciate the full depth of that little turn when I first read Contact as a kid.

this amazing essay about her recovery, slowing down, being vulnerable in our work-worship society (+ the healing power of birds)! I can't recommend this enough, especially for those who can't relax/ have productivity guilt. A thoughtful & beautifully written essay
www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...

Dave Bowman: ”oh my god, it’s full of grifters!”

Link and Killy, linked arm in arm, meme caption reads: "..."